Before & After: Unfinished Basement Into “Organized Chaos” Play Space

Carrie McBride
Carrie McBride
Carrie is a former Apartment Therapy editor and the original editor of Apartment Therapy Media's first site for kids: Ohdeedoh. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids..
published Nov 14, 2012
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Basement playroom with colorful play mats, toy kitchen, and tunnel.
(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

Julie’s basement needed some work to become a cozier spot for her kids to play and she also wanted it to be a relaxing, attractive spot for the whole family. The new room has big changes: new floor, new ceiling and painted walls as well as furniture and storage.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

Julie shares:

When we moved into our new home, the basement was unfinished. I had dreams of making it into a world-class chaos wrangler, I mean playroom. Since it would also feature our family room, where adults would gather, I wanted it to have a playful feel, but not be too childlike. I think we hit it out of the park with our toy organization, seating areas, sophisticated-yet-fun color palate and ceiling and flooring details. Now, not only the kids like to play in there, but also the adults.

I see plenty of family games nights here in store for this family!

Thanks Julie! Readers, see more of this space on Julie’s blog, I Like Beer & Babies.